title: Identification of a novel HLA-B*52 allele in a Brazilian individual: B*52:21.
abstract: HLA-B*52:21 differs from the closest, HLA-B*52:01:02, by two nucleotides (CTG → TGG), leading to an amino acid substitution from Leu to Trp at codon 156.
authors.affiliation: Immunogenetics Division, Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Psicofarmacologia, São Paulo, Brazil. thiveiga@igen.epm.br
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Rampim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerbase-DeLima
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics*; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D015235:HLA-B Antigens